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[Too much or not enough in dementia].

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    Annales Medico-Psychologiques
    |January 1, 1990
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    Summary

    Demented subjects create reality through impersonal pronouncements, akin to prophecy or inspiration. This unique language, detached from personal history, resembles dreamlike states and existential revelations.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psycholinguistics
    • Philosophy of Mind

    Context:

    • Examines the unique linguistic patterns of individuals experiencing altered states of consciousness.
    • Focuses on how reality is constructed and attested within these states.

    Purpose:

    • To analyze the nature of declarative statements made by demented subjects.
    • To explore the relationship between language, reality construction, and existential revelation.

    Summary:

    • Subjects in altered states spontaneously name or design present realities, attesting to objects and their spatial placement.
    • These pronouncements are impersonal, lacking personal, future, or past temporal references, functioning as creative acts ('he says and it was').
    • The language employed is linked to prophecy and inspiration, drawing from ordinary language to provide existential answers, and exhibits characteristics of onirism (dream states).

    Impact:

    • Offers insights into the cognitive and linguistic mechanisms underlying reality construction in altered mental states.
    • Highlights the potential for profound, albeit unconventional, forms of expression and existential insight within these states.

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